President Donald Trump pulled no punches regarding Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Thursday, calling the former majority leader an “angry man” and a “bad guy.”

Trump spoke with reporters in the Oval Office after signing a proclamation ending Obama-era fishing regulations. His comments aired live on Newsmax and the free Newsmax2 streaming platform.

He was asked about the prospects of the Senate passing a third reconciliation budget package that Republicans have discussed using for supplemental funding for the conflict in Iran, election-integrity provisions tied to the SAVE America Act, and restrictions on transgender participation in women’s athletics.

McConnell, 84, who is retiring before the new Congress starts in January, said in a Tuesday hearing, “I think it’s safe to conclude there will not be another reconciliation bill, so it’s really not an option.”

“McConnell is an angry man,” Trump said. “You know, he got thrown out of his position [as Senate GOP leader]. He’s an angry guy. You know, he should be very thankful to me because if I didn’t win, he wouldn’t have gotten to a point … I appointed the judges. He didn’t.

“He gets credit for appointing judges. He didn’t appoint anybody. I did. You know how I did? I won the election and then I picked judges, and the judges ended up getting approved and they said, oh, didn’t he do a good job?

“He didn’t do a good job. What the hell did he do? I won the election.”

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